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P.O. Box 3275
155 North First Street
Central Point, OR 97502
Phone: (541) 664-6674
Fax: (541) 664-7927
Contact: Vicki Guarino
Email: vguarino@rvcog.org
Hours: Monday through Friday - 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Rail Diesel Commuter Car Feasibility
In early 2006, the Rogue Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization
(RVMPO) suggested that the time might be appropriate to reconsider a
commuter rail option. This was partially driven by the availability of
self-propelled rail diesel cars (RDCs) owned by the Rail Division of
the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). These cars were
purchased by ODOT for three years of seasonal excursion service between
Portland and Astoria as part of the activities surrounding the
bicentennial of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Staff was instructed to look at a much less extensive operation than
that the proposals discussed in the 2001 Southern Oregon Commuter Rail
Study. The new operation would be a commuter rail operation between
Central Point and Ashland over the rails of the Central Oregon &
Pacific Railroad (CORP), requiring low capital and operating costs.
RVMPO wanted the operation to be something more along the lines of a
limited-duration “demonstration” project to assess costs and ridership
levels.
Click on the link below to download the 2006 study.
Rogue Valley
Rail Diesel Commuter Car Project
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